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Are you a swinger? If you are, you can definitely relate to some of these embarrassing (but true) stories!

My husband and I had my parents over for dinner a few nights ago. We were sitting at the table enjoying our coffee when our dog skirted under the table to enjoy what I thought was something my father had given her from his plate of leftovers. Before long she was looking for my mother’s attention so my mother was petting her absentmindedly. Next thing I know, my mother holds out her hand to show us what the dog had deposited. It was a chewed up condom package with (thankfully) the condom still inside. My husband and I were literally sweating, trying desperately to figure out how to explain this. Since neither of us could think of anything to say we acted like we couldn’t imagine where she had gotten it. I didn’t feel comfortable admitting we had had a party that weekend and always supply condoms for our guests to use while they play on the very couch you were sitting on before dinner. Nope, I didn’t think that would go over very well. The next morning I did phone her and say that it probably had been in my son’s bedroom and the dog had managed to find it.

You might want to pack a trench coat when you don’t know the destination.

A few weeks ago we were heading out on a Saturday night to a private party. We know the couple who were throwing the party but we had never been to their home. I usually bring something in the car to put on in case of an emergency (I have already had that problem two times). We were in a hurry and I forgot until we were already on our way. Since we were running late, I decided to forget about it for this one time.

We arrive at the address and to my surprise, it is a building. Naturally, when we walk in there is a doorman, a man at the front desk and a gentleman who takes you upstairs in the elevator. I feel especially pleased that I am wearing a super slutty outfit that is practically see through. I imagined all three men watching us by video going up in the elevator taking bets on whether or not my husband had hired me for the night.

When we arrive at their condo, my friend opens the door and gets hysterical laughing. She knew right away the shame I had to endure to get up to her apartment. She was then concerned that I would be the first of many dressed like this and now the people downstairs would look at her differently. Perhaps next time you might want to mention to lifestyle guests that there is a front desk!

Ordering online should be a private way to get what you want, right?

I love to dress up when we go to parties and clubs, and I especially enjoy shopping for slutty clothing. It can be difficult to find stores that carry this type of clothing so most of the time I shop online.

I placed an order with a store a few months ago and waited for the package to arrive. It did not arrive as scheduled, so I checked the tracking. It showed the package had been delivered. I went back to see what address they had delivered it to since it was not mine. When I looked it up, I realized the company had sent it to my old address! I had the phone number for the new owners so I called her and asked if she had the package. She said she didn’t think so but would get back to me. She sent me a text message later that day saying it had indeed arrived and since she was on her way out, she would leave it at her front door for me to pick up.

I arrived at her house and pulled into the driveway. I was anxious to jump out and just grab the package. My old neighbor spots me and walks over to say hello. I told her I was in a hurry but just needed to grab a package that was left at the door. She says, “Yes, I know, Susan told me about the package.” With that, she says goodbye and walks away. I thought it was odd and couldn’t imagine why Susan would have mentioned it.

As soon as I approached the front door I understood why. The package had been opened and clearly, she had seen what I had ordered. OMG, how do I explain this?! Everything I had ordered looked like something a dancer from a strip club would wear!

After taking some time to figure out how to explain this, I phoned her. I told her this was not what I had ordered! She said she was sorry she had opened it but had been expecting a package and just assumed that was her package. She mumbled something about not really looking at what was inside but I could tell from the package that she had indeed looked at each piece! We have not spoken since.

People in the lifestyle love to stop and smell the flowers, but what about stopping to smell the lube?

A friend had surgery recently and I went to visit her at home. They live in the city so finding a place to park was a bit of a challenge. I finally gave in and parked in a public garage.

When I was leaving, I turned out of the garage and as I drove past her building, I noticed her husband walking toward the entrance. I honked and he came over to the car to say hello. He was very excited and held up a bag to show me that he had been shopping.

I pulled over to the curb and he got in the passenger side to show me what he bought. To cheer up my friend, he had gotten her some sexy lingerie, body powder, and some new lube. He opened the bottle to let me smell it and as I leaned over to smell the bottle of lube someone knocked on my window. I turn to see a policeman standing there asking me to roll down my window. Not only was I parked in a fire zone but he wanted to see what we were sniffing. I imagine he thought it was drugs.

Although sniffing lube isn’t illegal, it is still pretty embarrassing. My friend held up the bottle for the policeman to see but he wanted me to hand it over. I twisted the cap back on and reluctantly gave him the bottle. After examining the bottle, he handed it back to me and informed us that public sex was a misdemeanor and suggested we move along!

Sex toys and children don’t mix…

A friend recently returned from a trip to New Orleans where she was visiting a child in college. She had a wonderful time but since she and her husband spend every weekend at either a lifestyle event or swing club, it was very tame.

After taking her son and his roommate out for dinner, they walked my friend back to the hotel as they were heading out to meet friends. After waiting a short time to make sure they were gone, she headed out to see Bourbon Street at night. She stopped at a bar and had a few drinks while mingling with the locals.

Soon after, she decided to take a walk down the street to see what was there. She passed a shop that sold adult items and she walked in. Excited to see such interesting toys, she decided to buy a friend an early birthday present: a giant pink strap on. They dropped her stuff in a plastic bag and she headed back toward the hotel.

As she was walking through the lobby, her son was talking to the person at the front desk. When he spotted her, he rushed over to talk to her. He had left his keys up in her room and needed them to get into his apartment.

They rode back up in the elevator together with his friend and she let them back into her room. They seemed to be in no hurry to leave, so she sat on the edge of the bed and talked with them for a while. She had to go to the bathroom so she got up from the bed and when she did, the package slid off the bed and the contents scattered across the floor. Needless to say, she was mortified as the boys stared down at the pink strap on. She chuckled and said it was a gag gift for a friend’s birthday. She still gets upset just thinking about it.

Let’s be honest, sex happens

Although most swingers try very hard to keep the lifestyle a secret, it seems that something always happens to give others a clue that we are not as vanilla as we would like to have them believe. Every time some embarrassing or revealing situation occurs or someone tells me about something that has happened to them, I wonder if most people don’t have secrets of their own.

I prefer my dog not bring condoms to my parents, but honestly, do they not have anything kinky going on in their life? My neighbor can’t handle the thought that I would wear such sexy clothing? Maybe she is using a strap on with her husband. I don’t know! For her sake, I hope they are doing something fun in their bedroom! Does the policeman think lube is risqué? Really? With a job like his, I’m sure he has seen a whole lot more interesting things than that. As for my friend’s son, he is in a fraternity. Need I say more?

At least we are having fun!

One of the reasons I love the lifestyle so much is that we don’t pretend to be so puritanical. We love sex, we have sex and we talk about sex. We like to dress sexy and we like to have fun. It would be impossible to revert to our old ways and I sincerely doubt that anyone in the lifestyle would want to.

Hopefully, in the future, people will loosen up and accept that sex is natural and normal. I’m not expecting everyone to understand or participate in the lifestyle, I am just hoping that people will be open to the fact that it does exist and the people involved are just having fun with their partners. It is an open and honest relationship that swingers have and hopefully one day, vanilla people will understand.

Living in Australia we didn’t expect that after purchasing jewelry we would find another swinger very quickly. How wrong we were. We have only had our jewelry for about 3 weeks and were wearing it while out running some errands. We stopped to grab a bite and while sitting in a corner booth, suddenly a man appeared out of nowwhere and was sitting next to me smiling. We were a bit confused but he pointed to the pendant hanging from his necklace. How wonderful this was! Such a surprise and he’s quite cute to look at! I am so pleased and wanted to thank you! It really does help you spot other swingers and it really is around the world! Bravo!

People who are not in the lifestyle, equate swinging with infidelity. Obviously, for people who swing, this is absolutely untrue. According to dictionary.com. infidelity means:

1. maritaldisloyalty

2. unfaithfulness

Considering those two meanings, swingers are not being disloyal or unfaithful to their spouses. Perhaps we should think of swingers as writng their own rules in their own marriages. They have decided together, as a couple, to open their marriage to something more. Whether or not religious figures would agree that this is not adultery or infidelity is another topic altogether.

It is not uncommon to hear people who are not in the lifestyle to question why couples swing. Besides that they imagine swingers to be perverted deviants, their perception of swingers is really off. They have a hard time understanding why people would be open to having sex with someone other than their spouse. More than that, they cannot fathom why swingers do not get upset with the fact that their significant others are doing this.

Let’s consider this: if a department store invited you to visit anytime, and take what you needed for free, would you ever feel the need to steal something from them? Silly question right? How can you steal something if they are giving it to you for free? Let’s say you are in school and need help on an exam and the teacher tells you anytime you don’t know an answer to just ask her and she will tell you. Would you need to copy off someone’s paper? What would be the point? The teacher has already offered the free help, right? It is the same in the lifestyle. Your partner offers to let you swing with other people, why would you need to do this behind their back? That is not to say that it never happens because it probably does, but what it is the point?

It is very common when you speak with swingers to hear how surprised they were when they first entered the lifestyle to discover how in love swingers seemed to be. It was exactly the opposite of what they had imagined. If couples were so in love, what drove them into the lifestyle? The best answer is probably honesty.

The relationship between a couple who chooses to swing has to be very open and honest. In order to swing, they had to get to the point where they could admit that although they love each other, they would like to try something else. It is normal for couples to fall into a routine or rut with their sex life. Some couples try to spice things up by watching porn, using toys, trying different positions or even going to strip clubs. What happens when that is not enough?

For couples not in the lifestyle, unfortunately, they might look to someone else to fill that void. Infidelity is exceptionally selfish. One person in the couple chooses to find excitement that is lost with their partner while the other partner makes do with the lack of fulfillment. Sometimes both parts of the couple choose to be unfaithful to each other while maintaining the facade of a wonderful marriage. How long can that last?

When you consider the avenue swingers take, it seems more logical and loving. Swinging is something couples do together. They venture into the lifestyle as a couple not to find someone to replace their partner, but to find couples to spice up their sex life. The excitement is something they experience together. The only sneaking around these couples might be engaging in, is from their family and friends. Swinging creates a very strong bond; you are naughty together.

When you consider the freedom that swinging brings to both members of the couple, who would feel the need to cheat? Sure, there are always exceptions, but that shows a true character fault. Generally speaking, swingers would agree that they have no reason to cheat. Swinging helps them to avoid infedelity.

Many couples who have been in the lifestyle for many years reach different levels of comfort with separating while swinging. Some couples have no problem allowing their significant other to play on their own while traveling or with friends they have met in the lifestyle. They talk about how much pleasure they get just from hearing about the escapades of their partners. The only request they make of each other is to tell them about what they do when they play on their own. Some couples never separate and continue their swinging journey side by side. Either way, the degree of trust and freedom is immeasurable compared with those not in the lifestyle.

Everyone is different and perhaps there are couples who never feel the desire to play outside their marriage. It seems that number would be very low when you consider how rampant infidelity is.

My question to those not in the lifestyle is this: why not try to explore together what both of you are secretly wishing for? It is impossible to believe that every married adult at some point has not fantasized about having sex with someone else. A neighbor, a teacher, a coworker, someone famous or your spouse’s best friend. The best part about swinging is that these are no longer secrets or fantasies! You and your partner not only talk about what your sexual fantasies are, you experience them together. What could be more honest and intimate than that? That is what creates such a strong bond between swingers. When you have everything you need at home, why would you need to go elsewhere?

Is a poor body image keeping you from feeling confident in the lifestyle? Do you worry that having a less than perfect figure will make it hard to find couples who want to swing with you?

The lifestyle poses many challenges to both men and women. It can be very difficult for someone if they are shy, insecure or become jealous easily. It is even worse if someone has a poor self-image. Having a positive self-image, especially regarding your body, is crucial if you are planning to swing. Body image is defined as how you see yourself when you look in the mirror or how you picture yourself in your mind. Sometimes these perceptions are accurate, but sometimes they are completely distorted. This image will affect how you carry yourself and how you interact with others. Developing a positive body image and a healthy mental attitude is crucial to a person’s happiness and wellness. It also plays a key role in success in the lifestyle.

Swing clubs, parties, and hotel takeovers are filled with scantily clad women wearing fishnet dresses, sexy lingerie, and exotic mini skirts and dresses. All of which show a lot of skin. Many of these women are over the age of 40 and have bodies which indicate as much. There are women who have beautiful, tight, fit bodies but they are not in the majority. They are also not always the hottest or the most secure. It seems that self-image plays a much larger role in what makes a woman desirable to both men and other women. A beautiful, fit woman with poor body image (yes, there are many) seems to be less attractive to others than the overweight woman who is comfortable in her own skin. The lifestyle is not about the most attractive person or people, and it is important to remember that everyone is attracted to something different. A person who is friendly and warm and seems genuinely interested in what you have to say will be much more attractive to you than someone who is the opposite; regardless of their physical appearance.

Men suffer from the same problem but regarding different aspects of their bodies. Women tend to be focused on their weight, their breasts and any areas of their bodies they see as imperfect; cellulite on their thighs, a butt that is too large or too small, scars from past surgeries or c sections, etc. Men tend to be more concerned with their height, their weight, their muscle mass and obviously the size of their penis, as compared with other men. Interestingly enough, if you were to ask ten men to point out which woman they find most attractive, chances are you would get 6-7 different responses. For women, it would probably be about the same. Luckily, everyone is attracted to something different. Imagine if everyone was attracted to the same person!

The lifestyle is supposed to be fun. When people are too hung up about their bodies and their imperfections it can be a real downer. Try to remember that swinging is for a short time and if you don’t take advantage of the moment, you will miss it. Chances are if someone has chosen to swing with you, it is because they think it will be enjoyable. If you cannot relax and savor the moment, you are not only wasting your night but the night of the person who is trying to have fun with you. I sincerely doubt that while your partner for the evening is playing with you he is thinking about your thighs. If, however, you are showing your insecurities regarding your thighs, he probably will look at them to decide if you are right. When a woman is with a man who is less endowed than most, she will only care if it keeps him from being able to enjoy himself. If he steps up and shows her he is confident with himself, she knows it will be a fun night regardless of his size.

Putting your insecurities aside for an evening will be in your best interest. If you step into the play area with nothing but a smile, people will admire your confidence and appreciate that about you. If you are open to people, they will look to join you, it’s that simple. Big thighs, sagging boobs, cellulite and all, if you show people that you are ok with yourself, they will be ok with you.

Swing clubs, parties, and takeovers can be fun and exciting. People come out to party and have a good time. When you meet people, if they seem friendly and self-confident you are drawn to them. If, on the other hand, you meet people who are shy and withdrawn, chances are you will move on to another couple. It really is ok if you don’t think you are perfect because guess what? Pretty much everyone else has the same insecurities that you have, the only difference is that they refuse to let it ruin their night!

Remember to check out our lifestyle jewelry! New items are offered frequently and we are happy to take custom orders.

My husband and I have been swinging for the past 25 years.When we first got into swinging, it was underground.It was illegal and nobody spoke about it.

Before we really even knew about swinging, our neighbors and we used to splash around naked in our hot tub.Eventually, this moved onto skinny dipping and having sex side by side.We never touched our neighbors and they never touched us.The evenings spent with our neighbors left us giddy and excited.

It wasn’t until a few years later that someone told us about a “warm club.”Having never heard of such a thing we became curious and asked if they would take us there.

Soon after they phoned us and asked us to go with them that Saturday night.We agreed.We were both excited and nervous about going there.Long story short, we loved it, and have been swinging ever since.

The reason for my email is to talk about your jewelry.Back when we were younger and swinging was very hush-hush, the only place to think about meeting other swingers was at this club.That is not to say that our eyes didn’t wander when we were out at restaurants and bars!We often wondered about the people we met.

One summer, we took a trip to Boston to attend my niece’s wedding.We arrived a few days before the wedding to explore the city.One evening we went out for dinner, then stopped at a bar before heading back to our hotel.There was a couple about the same age as us sitting next to us at the bar.

We struck up a conversation and spent the next two hours laughing and enjoying their company.We were absolutely certain they were swingers. The man put his hand on my leg when he told a story and the woman at one point pushed the hair out of my eyes.

As they were paying their bar tab, my husband and I whispered to each other that we were certain about them.We had a lot of experience in the lifestyle at this point, and we knew swingers when we met them.

As they turned to wave goodnight to us, my husband asked if they would like to come back to the hotel with us.The look of confusion on their faces immediately made me know that we had been wrong.My husband was slightly drunk and added that we had two queen size beds, plenty of room for everyone!The couple looked shocked, grabs their coats and left.

How I wish this was the end of my story…

We saw them again during our stay in Boston.It was the groom’s aunt and uncle.We ended up at the same wedding two nights later.It was a rather small group so it was impossible to avoid them.We were so embarrassed that we didn’t know how to handle it!When we found ourselves face to face with them, they looked away and pretended not to know us.

It was a truly awful experience.

The need for some type of swinger symbol is not new and we are thrilled that someone took the bull by the horns and created one!

Today, it is easy to simply look to see if someone is wearing this sign.If we spot it, we go and talk to them.If not, we will never, ever take that chance again.

When we think about swinging, we do not think about love. The purpose of swinging is to have fun. To find another couple or a single man or woman to fulfill a fantasy. Sex is a physical act and does not require love to participate. Swinging equates to sex without love whereas a marriage incorporates love and sex.

To people who are not in the lifestyle, it is a very difficult concept for them to grasp. They frequently ask if couples in the lifestyle are afraid that their partner might fall in love with someone else. Sure, anything is possible, but you do not have to be a swinger to be at risk of falling in love with someone else.

Swinging has nothing to do with love. Swingers do not seek out the lifestyle to find a partner to share their life with. Single swingers might be looking for love. Some are looking for someone who shares their lifestyle views. Couples are not there for this reason.

Vanilla couples cannot understand how swingers do not get jealous when they see their partner with someone else but it always reminds me of something from the Bible. The following is a part of the passage, not the entire thing: (I am not religious, or Catholic, but this always comes to mind):

Love is patient. Love is kind. Love does not envy, it does not put on airs, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. So Faith, Hope and Love abide these three; But the Greatest of these is Love.”

In my opinion, the only role love plays in swinging, is between the couple that decides together that they would like to explore the lifestyle. You love your partner enough to give them the freedom to partake in things they otherwise could not, and you find joy in seeing them enjoy those things. You have faith in your partner; you allow them to play because you are sure they will come back to you. You are able to express love for each other by forging your own path. You do not allow others to dictate to you what is normal. Although society equates love with monogamy, you choose to define love your own way and you know the love between you and your partner is mutually exclusive. You hope that your love is forever and that these experiences will only enrich your lives.

There is no love between couples that play but there can be infatuation or lust. How can you love someone that you don’t really know? The person who shows up at parties or swing clubs or on vacations or cruises allows you to see only a small part of who they are. The real person is the one who has to get up for work in the mornings; the person who has to clean up after their children or their dog. The true person is not always dancing and having fun but paying bills and dealing with stress. Until you know that person, how can you really know that you love them?

The part of swinging that makes it so enjoyable is that we get to dress up, have a few drinks, dance or socialize then move onto the swinging aspect. Spending an evening with swingers is like going out on New Year’s Eve. It’s always a big party, but is that real life? It is an awful lot of fun and the environment lends itself to getting hot for other people, but that is the whole point. We go into swing clubs looking for others to spend a few hours with but not our lives.

The moment we discovered lifestyle jewelry existed, we knew we had to have it.We discovered your jewelry during a trip to Fun for Two, a swing club in Holland.Another couple was wearing it and telling some people all about it. As soon as we returned from our trip, we ordered two necklaces.

I think it was my second day wearing the necklace that this happened. During my lunch break from work, I always make a deposit at the bank and stop at the post office.As I was walking into the post office the person who was exiting came through the entry door and bumped into me.The mail I was carrying fell to the ground. The two of us bent down to retrieve the mail from the floor at the same time.He apologized profusely and then gave me a funny smile.I thought perhaps I knew him but he did not look familiar.

As we stood up he commented on my necklace.He told me he has the same one and then explained that he was in a rush to get back to work.His hand extended with a business card in it and he asked me to be in touch.“Yes, I am married,” he called to me as he briskly walked off.

It happened so fast I could barely believe it!Over dinner that evening, my husband and I discussed it and he was curious.When it comes to the lifestyle, he has always been the contact person and so I handed the card to him.He phoned the number, and after speaking for quitea while, the men made plans for us all to get together.

That was a few months ago and we have seen them almost every weekend since that day! If it can happen to me, it can happen to everyone.

Welcome to 2019! This is the future that many of us imagined back when we were kids. For many of us, the future actually arrived on October 21, 2015. This is the date that Marty McFly travels to save his children, whom were yet to be born in “Back to the Future’s” 1985. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/.

Perhaps all the fancy technology we had envisioned is not what makes the year 2019 as different as we imagined as children. We might not have accomplished the ability to fly personal aircrafts and have robots catering to our every need, but we have accomplished something much more valuable. We have witnessed a new generation that is proving itself to be much more open minded than any generation before. Now obviously I cannot speak for every single person or community of people, I can only point to the majority.

This generation grew up accepting people, they are less concerned with race, religion and gender than any generation before them. Most don’t judge people based on who they love or how they dress. This generation has opened their hearts to the LGBTQ community, which is not something we saw with prior generations.

So here we are, in the year 2019, watching a generation mature and they are open to new ideas and beliefs as well as lifestyles and personal choices. What I have observed however, is they are not open to “swinging”. Oh, don’t get me wrong, they like to have sex, yes, even the married ones, with other people or couples. It is the term “swinger” that they reject. It took me a while to understand this, hence, a previous article I wrote: Are couples having sex with friends but not calling themselves swingers? https://www.swingersjewelry.net/sex-friends/ Here I was questioning why couples who were clearly swinging refused to call it such.

Then it hit me, the word swinger has fallen out of favor. The term “swinger” conjures up an image of a couple from the 1970s with bell bottom pants, polyester shirts or dresses and an afro. It’s not that this generation is not open to swinging, they simply do not use the term. This is not a new problem. I believe that people have been moving away from this word for a long time. People frequently speak about the lifestyle, which is a broader term that incorporates swinging, but often use the term lifestyle to indicate that they are swingers. That can be confusing because you can be in the lifestyle but not swing. https://www.swingersjewelry.net/swing-lifestyle/

The question is: if we decide to change the word swinger to make it more socially accepted, what would be the best term? Perhaps instead of labeling people swingers, we should change the term to open-minded. According to dictionary.com, the word open-minded means:1. Having or showing a mind receptive to new ideas or arguments.2. Unprejudiced; unbigoted; impartial.

The reason open-minded seems like a logical fit is that it simply tells others that you are receptive and unprejudiced. This way people who are open-minded can speak freely about what they are looking for. Open-minded people might not be swingers, but they would have no problem if you are. It doesn’t speak to others about your sexual life, it simply lets them know that you are open to new ideas and won’t judge people for what they choose to do.

In order to eliminate the stigma attached to swingers, we must change the term to illicit a more contemporary view of today’s swingers. We must shed the image of the hippies from the 1970s and educate people that open-minded people are simply sophisticated adults who no longer believe that monogamy is the ideal in every relationship. Open-minded people have discovered that there is an alternative lifestyle that meets their needs.

The term open-minded allows freedom of expression. If you are nonjudgmental, you are willing to accept that others choose a way of life that is comfortable for them. It could mean they are part of the LGBTQ community, they could be part of a polyamorous relationship, it might even mean they are happily married in a monogamous relationship but they are open to how others are living their lives.

Imagine wearing our lifestyle jewelry and allowing the world to learn that it simply means you are open-minded. Suddenly people see that as a sign of respect! When we switch out the term swinger for open-minded, it no longer speaks strictly about your sex life. It speaks about you, as a person.

It is normal to end one year and to begin a new one with some self reflection. What you accomplished, what you did not, and to think ahead to the upcoming year. Perhaps some of you make new years resolutions. Whatever the case, it is normal to think about life during this time.

What are you hoping for this new year?

What do you hope this new year will bring? Obviously, we all want world peace and good health. Many wish for prosperity and other such things. This is normal. While I too, wish for these things, I also find myself continually asking myself about the things that never seem to change. Sure, politics come to mind but that is another subject entirely. For me, I cannot help but wonder why swinging is still seen as something taboo. What on earth are we so ashamed of?

Are people still afraid to let others know that they are in the lifestyle?

Why do swingers feel the need to keep their lifestyle a secret? I frequently hear swingers say that nobodyknows that they are in the lifestyle. They would die if someone found out. Why is that? What do people think when they hear someone they know is a swinger? It reminds me of the time before I had ever had sex. I couldn’t imagine how you could face the person you had sex with afterwards. What would they think after they had seen you in such a compromising way? How would others see you? Obviously I discovered that these fears were unfounded. Nobody seemed to look at me any differently, and facing the guy who I was with was no problem. So what is it that makes us fear discovery?

What is it that swingers fear about exposure?

Curiousity got the best of me and so I started to ask swingers. I asked a group of swingers if they are very religious, but they are not. I wondered if their children were at an age that it would create confusion and uncertainty, but they are not. Do they think they are doing something criminal or unethical? They do not. Hmm. Would exposure embarrass them? This question got a nod. Embarrassed? Why? In truth, swingers are doing something that most people wish they could do. They have sex with others and it doesn’t destroy their marriage. Why? Because two consenting adults have agreed to enter into this together. There are no lies or secrets.

Would friends and family alienate you if they found out you were having an affair?

Admitting that you are a swinger should be a lot less traumatic than admitting you are having an affair, no? After all, one is cheating and lying to someone you say you are in love with, the other is not. Cheaters sneak around, worrying that they will be caught. Getting caught would disrupt their lives and the lives of those around them. Swingers, on the other hand, are out having a great time together. They are out enjoying parties and events with their significant other. This is something that others only dream of.

I wonder how many swingers are truly living this lifestyle unbeknownst to their friends and family. Probably not nearly as many as believe they are. Often times I watch swingers arrive at a club clad in an over sized trench coat in the middle of the summer. When I ask these women if their family or neighbors don’t find this strange they say they don’t think so. Really? It’s 90 degrees outside and you leave your house or condo wearing a trench coat cinched at the waste with stiletto heels and nobody thinks that’s odd?

What happens to couples who come clean about the lifestyle?

Many swingers have said that when they finally decided to disclose to friends and family that they were swingers, many were not surprised. Many said they had known about it for years but understood the swinger couple wanted to keep it to themselves. (If these were the trench coat women, it’s no wonder people knew.)

What about the family and friends who did not suspect this person or couple was in the lifestyle? What was their reaction? Were they shocked and appalled? Not according to the people I have spoken with. Most said that more than anything, they were curious about swinging. They asked a lot of questions but did not seem to have a negative reaction. Many couples said that both friends and many family members (mostly siblings), eventually asked if they could tag along one night to see what it was all about.

Like any other group, in order to gain acceptance, we must learn to stand up for what we believe in. Swingers should not be ashamed of their lifestyle. Obviously it is not necessary to divulge what you do when you are at a swing club, or party or other event. Most people do not give blow by blow (pun intended) details to others about what they do in their bedrooms. No need to reveal that you participated in a gang bang with 15+ men last Saturday. Nobody needs to know that you tried double penetration for the first time and loved it. Many swingers don’t swap, and many people in the lifestyle are not swingers. Enjoying the warm atmosphere that accompanies the lifestyle is a wonderful thing and people should not have to hide from it.

Why do people find it acceptable to learn that many famous couples are swingers? Why are they held to a different standard than the rest of us. Because they are famous? Some are highly influential people and they do not deny that they are swingers. Famous people frequently answer questions about their lifestyle and seem quite comfortable doing so.

What does wearing lifestyle jewelry actually say about you?

Wearing our jewelry means that you are open minded. If you think about it, being a part of the lifestyle really doesn’t mean more than that. If your children or parents told you the same thing, would it concern you? Although it might surprise you, you would be happy to see them happy.

When we initially came up with the concept for the jewelry, we had just this vision in mind. Wear the jewelry with pride. First of all, others do not know what it means. Secondly, even if they did, what does it really say about you? It says that you are an open minded person.

Let’s continue the movement to unite the lifestyle. People in the lifestyle could really teach others a lot about relationships. Honesty, respect and fun are the three hallmarks of the lifestyle. What could be better than that?

My name is Katie and I have a story for those swingers who are not wearing your jewelry.

My husband and I were at a swing club one night and your jewelry was being sold. I looked at it and loved it but my husband didn’t see why we would need it. I let it go but couldn’t stop thinking about it. Many people in the club were wearing it and quite honestly, I couldn’t help but think that it made a lot of sense. It is beautiful and so simple to recognize, why not wear it and see what comes of it?

We flew back the next day but before we left the club the night before, I grabbed one of your cards. When we got home I went onto your website and ordered a necklace. Unfortunately the one I had seen in the club was no longer available.

When it arrived I put it on and pretty much forgot about it. One day I was at the dog park with my dog and I saw a couple that we have been friendly with for a few years. I walked over to talk to them and as I was admiring how incredibly handsome the man was, his wife (my friend) asks me to just kiss him already. I turned to look at her and she had a smile on her face. She nods to me and when I turn to look at him he grabs me and kisses me. I was in total shock and my initial thought was that this must be a dream. As I stood with my mouth open she reached into his t shirt and pulls out his necklace! After all these years! We wasted so many nights with them when we could have been playing!

Needless to say, this was the beginning a very exciting relationship. Our date nights with this couple have changed from small talk over dinner and maybe a movie, to swing clubs and private parties in their home.

Without this necklace, I would never have known that our friends were also swingers! We have since ordered a bracelet for my husband, as he is now a believer!